نقوش سبئية من مدينتي ناعط و كانط

Abstract EN

This study aims to investigate four unpublished Sabaean inscriptions found in the ancient cities of Nā‘iṭ and Kāniṭ.

The history of these inscriptions dates back to the era of the Kings of Saba and ḏū-Raydān spanning the period from the first to the third century AD.

Three of these inscriptions are dedicatory in nature mentioning that a number of bronze statues and gifts are offered to a number of Nā‘iṭ and Kāniṭ deities.

The fourth inscription, (Haj-Kāniṭ 1), is of a construction nature that immortalizes the digging and construction of a water cistern in KāniṭtownThe significance of these inscriptions lays in disclosing new historical and religious data, including the mentioning of two new Sabaean deities.

The first one is known as the God of Anhār (Haj- Nā‘iṭ 4), and the second one appears in the name of Mālikḏū-yaṯ‘ān (Haj - Nā‘iṭ 5).

The inscription (Haj - Nā‘iṭ 6) is dated with NawāfAḏrāḥ who belonged to Bani Hamdān and Ghayman, while the inscription (Haj - kānṭ 1) is dated in the name of the two Qayls, BārijYuharḥib and hisbrother, ‘AlhānNahfān.

In addition to that, this study discusses a new Sabaean verb that appears for the first time in the ancientYemeni inscriptions.

This verb is:HḪFŠ (Haj- Nā‘iṭ 6/8)